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Eggs, tiny fry, fish

Jan 15, 2012 No Comments Print

The Eel Tenmile Salmon Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) along with the Lakeside Library are featuring Chinook Salmon eggs to show the process of fertilized salmon eggs developing. The eggs are now starting to hatch into tiny  fry. The tiny fish still have the egg sacs attached and show swimming ability. The newly hatched fish must [...]

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Steelhead in Tenmile Creek

Jan 11, 2011 2 Comments Print

Yes, steelhead are in Tenmile Creek and some anglers are catching hot chrome bright Steelies. One angler from Washington state lost a nice bright buck as he tried to land it.  He was using florcesent pink yarn ball suspended under a bobber. Two Reedsport fishermen landed three nice bright fish, one monster weighed seventeen pounds.  [...]

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Annual fish trapping commences

Dec 16, 2010 No Comments Print

The Eel-Tenmile Trout and Salmon Enhancement Program (STEP) announces that our annual trapping program has begun. Each year the STEP members count the Coho Salmon and Steelhead that pass through the trap at Tugman State Park, located at the exit of Eel-Lake, on their way upstream to their spawning grounds. We are currently seeing Coho [...]

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Christmas trees go up in front of Lakeside city hall

Dec 05, 2010 No Comments

The front of Lakeside city hall was awash with activity last Saturday. Six Lakeside entities were involved with tree decorating. This year boasted a sixth tree sponsored by the Lakeside library. Library coordinator Nadine Goodrich, shows off a very fashionable Christmas hat that had wiggles and a mind of its own. ♥ The Lakeside organizations [...]

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Annual free fishing day

May 25, 2010 No Comments

Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 12, 2010,  Free Fishing Day at Tugman Park, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., presented by Eel-Tenmile Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program. Bring your children  to learn  the joy of fishing from our trout pen, clinics for fish ID, casting, courtesy,  and our new clinic for this year, making  spinners [...]

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Smolts arriving

Mar 28, 2010 No Comments

Tenmile Salmon Trout Enhancement Program (S.T.E.P) will be receiving smolts from last years spawning on Monday March 29, 2010, at approximately noon. They will be  delivered to the trap at Tugman Park, then the acclimation site at Spinreel park, which will be available for viewing. The public is invited to attend and learn more about [...]

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